Genesis 38:5

וַתֹּסֶף עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵׁלָה וְהָיָה בִכְזִיב בְּלִדְתָּהּ אֹתֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

In Context

4וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ אוֹנָֽן ׃

6וַיִּקַּח יְהוּדָה אִשָּׁה לְעֵר בְּכוֹרוֹ וּשְׁמָהּ תָּמָֽר ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:11וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה לְתָמָר כַּלָּתוֹ שְׁבִי אַלְמָנָה בֵית ־ אָבִיךְ עַד ־ יִגְדַּל שֵׁלָה בְנִי כִּי אָמַר פֶּן ־ יָמוּת גַּם ־ הוּא כְּאֶחָיו וַתֵּלֶךְ תָּמָר וַתֵּשֶׁב בֵּית אָבִֽיהָ ׃

Genesis 46:12וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה עֵר וְאוֹנָן וְשֵׁלָה וָפֶרֶץ וָזָרַח וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי ־ פֶרֶץ חֶצְרוֹן וְחָמֽוּל ׃

Numbers 26:20וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי ־ יְהוּדָה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשֵׁלָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֵּׁלָנִי לְפֶרֶץ מִשְׁפַּחַת הַפַּרְצִי לְזֶרַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַזַּרְחִֽי ׃

1 Chronicles 4:21בְּנֵי שֵׁלָה בֶן ־ יְהוּדָה עֵר אֲבִי לֵכָה וְלַעְדָּה אֲבִי מָרֵשָׁה וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית ־ עֲבֹדַת הַבֻּץ לְבֵית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:2-12

Judah's Profligacy. ( b. c. 1717.) 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at… Read the whole commentary →

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